A simple no comment is not going to cut it.

While such a response does sometimes have its place, in many if not most cases it鈥檚 a cynical tool employed to avoid accountability and clarity. Hide, obfuscate and dodge. It鈥檚 a bad look on any public administration whose reason for being is to serve the public.

It鈥檚 alleged the City of 性视界传媒 tried to minimize at the least 鈥� and block their participation at the worst 鈥� Mounties in red serge and a 性视界传媒 MP from joining, in an official capacity, in the 性视界传媒 Canada Day celebration in Cloverdale.

The irony here is profound, considering Mounties in red serge are as much a national icon for Canada as baseball and apple pie are for our neighbours to the south.

Surely if a mayor, councillors, MLAs and other MPs are deemed worthy of being on a stage, the MP for 性视界传媒-Newton should have been given his place.

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What sets Sukh Dhaliwal apart, then? While he鈥檚 not yet confirmed if he鈥檒l be running for the office of mayor on Oct. 15, the concept is not exactly a closely guarded state secret. If he does, that makes him the current mayor鈥檚 rival.

And what sets the RCMP apart, other than the current mayor and his council majority鈥檚 determination to replace the 性视界传媒 RCMP with the 性视界传媒 Police Service? Giving Mounties the cold shoulder on Canada Day is like barring hockey from ice arenas and maple syrup from breakfast tables.

The optics here speak for themselves.

That鈥檚 why the City of 性视界传媒 is therefore beholden to addressing these allegations of what amount to censorship on Canada Day, instead of proffering a lame 鈥渘o comment鈥� as has been done here.

We all deserve better.

鈥� Now-Leader

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